The Last Tsar: How Nicholas II Wanted to Preserve Autocracy but Lost the Empire
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The Last Tsar: How Nicholas II Wanted to Preserve Autocracy but Lost the Empire
19.99 €
The collapse of the Romanov dynasty is one of the most tragic moments of the last century. The abdication of Nicholas II set in motion a chain of events that changed not only the fate of an entire country but also the political map of the Eastern Hemisphere. The weakening of the emperor's power, the strengthening of the revolutionary movement, and the rise of the Bolsheviks—these events are generally considered inevitable. But this is not so. It was not fate that doomed the Romanovs; it was the result of poor leadership and blind faith in autocracy.
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, a professor of history at the University of California, explains how Nicholas's resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Steeped in outdated ideas about autocracy and constantly bowing to his wife and Rasputin, he missed many opportunities to change course: to capitalize on the patriotic upsurge in society after the outbreak of World War I and strengthen his position; to reorganize the state apparatus based on the principles of popular representation; Rally the elite around himself to mobilize officials to defend the state; establish a Ministry of Confidence and strengthen the cabinet. The dynasty would have weakened and lost its influence, but it still survived.
Recently declassified archival and historical documents, period journalism, and contemporaneous memoirs allow Tsuyoshi Hasegawa to reconstruct an almost minute-by-minute chronology of the abdication of Nicholas II and the surrounding events of the February Revolution.
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, a professor of history at the University of California, explains how Nicholas's resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Steeped in outdated ideas about autocracy and constantly bowing to his wife and Rasputin, he missed many opportunities to change course: to capitalize on the patriotic upsurge in society after the outbreak of World War I and strengthen his position; to reorganize the state apparatus based on the principles of popular representation; Rally the elite around himself to mobilize officials to defend the state; establish a Ministry of Confidence and strengthen the cabinet. The dynasty would have weakened and lost its influence, but it still survived.
Recently declassified archival and historical documents, period journalism, and contemporaneous memoirs allow Tsuyoshi Hasegawa to reconstruct an almost minute-by-minute chronology of the abdication of Nicholas II and the surrounding events of the February Revolution.
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